How to Use shake-up in a Sentence
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But there was no need for a shake-up in the first place.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 July 2024
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The iPhone’s app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
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But if upheld, the verdict will force a shake-up at the top of the company.
—Michael R. Sisak, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
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Yet harbingers of this shake-up and the scale of its impact have been in plain sight for months.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
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Thursday’s vote came against the backdrop of recent shake-ups on the board that approved the rules.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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Drop a comment with your thoughts on this shake-up below.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 July 2024
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The town council is set to have a shake-up with two new members and a new mayor next year.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
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Getty Images There’s been a shake-up in the passport world.
—Alex Millson, Fortune Europe, 11 Jan. 2024
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The Lakers had lost four straight games prior to that game, and Coach Darvin Ham felt a shake-up was needed.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
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But the financial shake-up, the report adds, threatens the economies of cities more broadly.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 14 July 2023
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Even a tiny shake-up in a small corner of the CCM industry can feel like an earthquake.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
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How would one fewer day in their safe haven or a shake-up to their routine affect them?
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
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His most recent shake-up, in 2019: picking up a paintbrush again.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2024
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Combining the two leagues’ records into one has resulted in some shake-ups in the record books.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 May 2024
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Through shake-ups and halts in production, the series was filmed in and around Los Angeles.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
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Someone who’s part of the old regime is the wrong choice for delivering the jarring shake-up required.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
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China’s tech royalty is going through a bit of a shake-up.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Feb. 2024
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The mega-rare merging of Jupiter and Uranus inspires a professional shake-up.
—USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
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The hitting staff already got a shake-up last year, when Aaron Bates was promoted to replace Brant Brown.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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Fox News picked Jesse Watters to serve as permanent host of its 8 p.m. show as part of a broader shake-up of the network’s prime-time lineup.
—Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
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The government has been considering such a shake-up for months.
—Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
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For the Orioles in recent years, a shake-up typically occurs at some point during the six-week ramp-up.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
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The DeSantis campaign had to lay off more than one-third of its staff in a campaign shake-up to realign its efforts in late July.
—Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
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Narvaez, seen as too close to the unwanted houseguest, was asked to leave in July 2018 amid a shake-up of the diplomatic mission’s staff.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 June 2024
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The hiring of Suleyman is a key admission that something wasn’t working out with the Windows and AI shake-up from six months ago.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
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For many readers, this sudden change in leadership was a shake-up, but the decision wasn’t quite as shocking for those on the media beat.
—Sara Youngblood Gregory, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
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For Seagen, based in Bothell, Wash., the transaction comes after a leadership shake-up.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
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The announcement is part of a larger executive shake-up at the video platform, known for its viral dances.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
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The supermodel’s new baby boy—who joins her daughter to round out the family of three—isn’t the only major shake-up in her life.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
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The move announced Friday will end the company’s more than 140 years of being based in the largest US state and comes amid a shake-up in senior leadership ranks apparently aimed at improving results.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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So just how chaotic will the winners be this year, and could the group's picks shake up the Oscar race?
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Jan. 2023
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In the ninth game of the second set, Djokovic took a hard fall behind the baseline and was shaken up.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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The outcome of those games could certainly shake up the top-four teams in the district.
—Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
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And that is when the ax fell fast in ways that shook up the creative community.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
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But none of this has kept the other candidates from trying to shake up the race.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
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Of course, something else (like the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision) could still shake up the midterms.
—NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
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At the same time, Iowa is one of the rare campaign events that can shake up the remainder of the primary.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
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Virgo rising ‘Tis the season to shake up the basis of your self-worth.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
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Here are eight artists who shook up their scenes and resonated with fans.
—Maya Salam, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
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Now that Lee has shaken up the top 10, what other Christmas song could sneak in to No. 1 next?
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
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Housing experts expect the deal to shake up the housing market and even drive down home prices across the board.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
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Dunkin’ is also trying to shake up some of its fan-favorites.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
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The debate reflected a desire to shake up the race by moving the focus to Trump.
—E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 21 July 2024
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The Friars' Bryce Hopkins got shook up with 1:52 left in the half, when Toppin blocked his dunk attempt.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
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Here's how to make the most of what’s been shaking up the Umbrian panorama lately.
—Elisa Carassai, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
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The justices are no strangers to shaking up the landscape of American sports.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
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Storms and storm response could shake up some of the state's key political races.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2022
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The company has been shaking up that part of the business amid broader turnover.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
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Simply put, there was no rulebook on when, or how, to comment on things that were shaking up the nation, and the world.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
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The Princess of Wales has long been wedded to her court shoes, but this summer, she’s been shaking up her footwear choices.
—Vogue, 14 July 2023
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Nelson Peltz is renewing his fight to shake up Disney‘s board.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
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The status of Trail Blazers’ star Damian Lillard could shake up the market.
—oregonlive, 30 June 2023
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The first week of June was jam-packed for streaming, with an influx of new titles that shook up Nielsen‘s viewership charts.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2024
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The homeowner, although shaken up, was safe, as were his pets.
—Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
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In 2012, the world would be shaken up by the death of Trayvon Martin, with a handful of Black deaths at the hands of police violence to follow.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Sep. 2023
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The Libra eclipse on the 14th is the first in a series that will shake up the trajectory of your professional life over the next year or so.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
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Take Someone Else Hunting Want to shake up your season a little bit?
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
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Climate change likely caused a loss of habitat and shook up the food chain, leading to extinction for the megalodon.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
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Soderstrom was shaken up but remained in the game after being checked out by the training staff.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
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Like most of America, the events of this past weekend left me completely shaken up.
—Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
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